My friends have a Westsail 42 that has been on the hard for a couple of years. I am seeing that it has a large pair of dimples in the sides, they are pushed in deeper than the thickness of the rub rail.


I am wondering has anyone else had this happen on their Westsail 42? Could it just be from sitting on the hard for a couple of years or is it a bigger issue?

The photo attached is looking down the Port side. The dimple in the side of the hull is about 30" long and 3/4-1" deep in the middle.

Anonymous wrote:

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Jay 

Thank you

Anonymous wrote:

I have never seen that on any other W42 or W43.  If it were below the waterline I would suggest it might have been from a jackstand sitting too tightly on the hull for a fairly long period of time in a boatyard.  That would probably happen just after the laminated hull was pulled from the mold and the resin had not set up completely.

I do not believe it would be any sort of structural problem.

It is identical on each side of the boat, and looking at the older photos of her I can find they do not appear to be there.


I am wondering if the mast step collapsing could be causing it? The steel beam is totally rotted out.

I was thinking today, scary … :)  How bad is your I beam damaged ? If it has really rotted to the point where it is not providing support to the compression post, in turn to the mast. 

On the deck how is the area around the base of the mast ? Is the deck sagging ? How much ? Ok, now this may be stretching things… if the mast is not being supported properly and sagging the deck , could this lead to the sagging deck pulling in the sides of the hill. Far fetched but possible, maybe ? Let us know what you find. 

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